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cross-cultural psychology
multicultural psychology
conceptual issues in multicultural psychology
intergroup relations
Preferred term
intergroup emotions theory
Definition
- Intergroup emotions theory, developed by Eliot Smith, Diane Mackie, and their collaborators, focuses on the role of emotions in prejudice and intergroup behavior. The fundamental idea underlying the theory, borrowed from social identity theory and self-categorization theory, is that when people identify with an important social group (an ingroup), which could be a committee, a fraternity, or a national, ethnic, or religious group, the group membership becomes part of the psychological self. [Source: Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; Intergroup Emotions Theory]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/intergroup_emotions_theory
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